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The Greatest Hits

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This is a stunning collection of songs written with such imagination and intensity that you can easily overlook the 'basement quality of the recording. Checkout 'Aluminium Beach" on disk 1; and virtually every song on disk 2. An almost perfect album.

Have you ever gotten the feeling that a lunatic was making fun of you? You know, their words don't quite fit their tone, they take you 'round a verbal curve too fast, and make you feel an odd shade of uncomfortable? You want to react, either by walking away or confronting the source, but you're just too damn entertained by it?

Me, too.

This is a decent overview of Babybirds better album tracks.
Don't go by the title "Greatest Hits".
From 1996-2000 Babybird had 9 songs that made the British charts
including "You're Gorgeous" which hit number 3.
None of those 9 charting songs are included here.
Very irritating and misleading title.
This should have been called "Babybird picks his favorites"
because this collection is neither a collection of his "Greatest Hits"
or "His Best Of" because such a collection
would have some of those charted hits.
Docked a star for misleading the music public.

There is not a single fault with Stephen Jones' song-writing ability. He is the sort of man who twists words into an almost parable-esque form and leaves the listener wondering at the depths of both his mind and his despair. Every title conjures up a new image, a form of almost cinematic intensity. From the darkly sad hidden tracks to the essential work from his first five albums, these are beautiful tunes with emotion stamped all over their sleeve. The tunes worm their way into your head and bounce uneasily, yet effectively, until you become obsessed and begin to consider litening to nothing else. Find the first five albums (and the subsequent larger label releases) and see the full picture...or buy his book "The Bad Book" and see a totally new side to this all-round genius.

Steven Jones is undoubtedly a lunatic, and it doesn't matter that he produces some less than sparkling tunes because when he gets really depressed then it's time for lift off. Be on the look out for single parent mothers with the hong kong blues, he is.